Sylvain Garel
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Sylvain Garel is a Paris
city councillor, co-President of the French Green Party, who tried unsuccessfully to snatch the 2008 Olympic torch from athlete Stephane Diagana
's hands. January 29, 2009, at a reception for the Chinese New Year
at the Paris city hall, he submitted a memorandum requesting the release of Tibetan political prisoners.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
city councillor, co-President of the French Green Party, who tried unsuccessfully to snatch the 2008 Olympic torch from athlete Stephane Diagana
Stéphane Diagana
Stéphane Diagana is a former French athlete who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens over 400 metres hurdles. In 2002 he won the gold medal at the European Championships in Athletics in Munich in the same event. Diagana also set the European record of 47.37...
's hands. January 29, 2009, at a reception for the Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...
at the Paris city hall, he submitted a memorandum requesting the release of Tibetan political prisoners.